I Heard It Through the Grapevine! es un álbum de Marvin Gaye, publicado en 1968. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «You», «Tear It on Down», «Chained» y «I Heard It Through the Grapevine».
Sobre el álbum
La cima de su etapa como estrella de la factoría Motown se materializa en la discografía de Marvin Gaye con este icónico álbum de 1968. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine!" no solo contiene su single más vendido y uno de los himnos definitivos del sello, sino que es un trabajo que muestra a un artista en la cumbre de su poder interpretativo, capaz de infundir una profundidad emocional inmensa a las canciones.
La canción que da título al disco es, por supuesto, la protagonista. La versión de Marvin Gaye, con su atmósfera paranoica, su ritmo hipnótico y su interpretación vocal llena de angustia, transformó un buen tema de R&B en una gran obra inmortal. Su éxito fue tan masivo que la discográfica decidió renombrar el álbum, originalmente titulado "In the Groove", para capitalizar su impacto.
A lo largo del disco, Marvin Gaye demuestra su maestría en diferentes registros del soul, desde baladas sedosas hasta temas más rítmicos. Este trabajo representa la culminación de su primera etapa, el punto final de su rol como intérprete de hits ajenos antes de su inminente revolución artística.
Listado de Canciones
- You2:28
Letra
Whooo You, you I see in my mirror in the mornin' Instead of seein' me I see you, I see your face And inside me is a growing need for your embrace In the light of day, though our faces meet Someone there might see so we never speak Till the dark of night, while the moon is new When we whisper words of love in our secret rendezvous Though it's wrong I know, girl I love you so Yes I need you, I need you baby Oh you, my sweetest joy You can't afford the best of life I'm just a hard workin' boy Oh you've given your love to me Girl, I can't let you hurt yourself by being seen with me We're worlds apart, so close yet worlds apart So we must hide the love we're feelin' in our hearts We meet in shadows, your friends must never know That we are lovers, darlin' Alhough it hurts me so, for your sake no one must see The precious love you're givin' me But you know, I need you baby One day I'll make the break, my love will start to shine I can tell the world that you are mine, all mine Till then we must go on the way we have before And never let it show without each other's souls I'll never one-way track 'cause there's no turnin' back Oh I need you baby (repeat verse 1 and fade) - Tear It on Down2:40
- Chained2:42
Letra
Seems just yesterday you were in my arms And in a special way you touched my heart with all your charms And now you're gone Oh and I find myself, honey, I'm all alone And there's no love left to take Don't know where I fell, for you I've always cared I did all I know To win your love and make it so You'd always stay but you turned away Honey, what could I say? How could you, how could you, How could you do me this way? 'Cause I'm chained to your love and affection 'Cause I'm chained; oh your love's my only direction Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah I've got to make it right, somehow it's always wrong Somewhere down the line The love I've lost I've got to find, yeah But it won't be long I'm gonna make it right, baby And carry you tenderly back home 'Cause I'm chained to your love and affection 'Cause I'm chained; every time I hear your name I tremble I tremble, oh you know, oh you know Oh baby, oh baby Well, now I admit that I Haven't been the perfect guy For a girl as sweet as you But my heart and soul cries, How do you? Oh, that's all I need Oh, gonna make it right, baby If you just stay, stay with me 'Cause I'm chained Oh I'm chained to your love and affection Yes I'm chained ... And fade - I Heard It Through the Grapevine3:18
Letra
Ooh, I bet you're wond'rin' how I knew 'bout your plans to make me blue With some other guy you knew before Between the two of us guys you know I love you more It took me by surprise I must say When I found out yesterday Don'tcha know that I Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh I heard it through the grapevine Oh I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh) I know a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you would end my life you see 'cause you mean that much to me You could have told me yourself That you love someone else Instead I Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) People say believe half of what you see Son, and none of what you hear But I can't help bein' confused If it's true please tell me dear Do you plan to let me go For the other guy you loved before? Don'tcha know I Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Baby I heard it through the grapevine Ooh I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey yeah (Heard it through the grapevine) (Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Honey, honey, I know That you're lettin' me go Said I heard it through the grapevine Fade Heard it through the grapevine - At Last (I Found a Love)2:41
- Some Kind of Wonderful2:22
- Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever2:47
- Change What You Can2:41
- It's Love I Need2:59
- Every Now and Then3:09
- You're What's Happening (In the World Today)2:23
- There Goes My Baby2:23
Letra
(Bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo) There goes my baby, movin' on down the line Wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound? I broke her heart and made her cry Now I'm alone, so all alone What can I do, what can I do? (There goes my baby) Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh (There goes my baby) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (There goes my baby) Whoa-oh-oh-oh (There she goes) Yeah! (There she goes) I wanna know if she loved me Did she really love me? Was she just playing me for a fool? I wonder why she left me Why did she leave me so all alone So all alone I was gonna tell her that I loved her And that I need her Beside my side to be my guide I wanna know where is my (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) Where is my baby (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) ? I want my baby I need my baby Yeah, whoa-oh-oh (There goes my baby) Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh